tutorials

What's a good Perl reference/tutorial for an experienced programmer?

I'm an experienced programmer but I haven't tried using Perl before. Can anyone please give me a link to a good tutorial of the Perl language? Thank you very much. ...

Cognos 8 Introduction

Being a programmer who likes all things terminal (like Vim and the GNU tools), I've finally met my match. The company I work for has decided to move from an in-house developed report generator to the Cognos suite. We have had some informal meetings/workshops regarding the process of creating reports in Cognos, but I can't really make it...

What are some good Java tutorials?

Hello, I am looking for a good place to learn Java, or to download e-books regarding Java. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. EDIT: I come from the C# world, so my main concern is learning how to use the Java / Swing API. My favorite format is a walkthrough-type tutorial where you learn by doing, not reading. ...

Header function for php, a comprehendable list?

PHP allows you to send RAW HTTP headers, which must be sent before any of the content. For instance(straight from the PHP documentation): <?php // We'll be outputting a PDF header('Content-type: application/pdf'); // It will be called downloaded.pdf header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="downloaded.pdf"'); // The PDF sour...

Simple 2d physics tutorial for terrain collision detection

Hi, I am looking for a tutorial which will show me how to do simple 2d physics like the ones in this (http://www.teagames.com/games/tgmotocross/play.php). The part that I am most interested in is how the collision detection is done between the character / player and the terrain, as well as how to store / generate the terrain. The langua...

How can I build a tutorial for my web site that is as good as a video games tutorial?

I was just playing "Restaurant Empire 2" and it has a pretty complex interface for a video game in which you are basically running a restaurant with tons of sub-menus and complex controls. That video game is more complex than 99% of websites I've seen and used and is probably as complex as most of the software a person running a real re...

Great resources in F# for beginners use and examples for business.

Are there some links to great resources for F# for: Beginners use. Examples in applying it to business and enterprise applications. What I meant by great is similar to the videos presented in the Learn section of ASP.NET and WindowsClient.net. Thanks. ...

Where can I find a good tutorial on iPhone/Objective c multithreading?

I'm just starting to use multithreading and was looking for a good explanation. I'm not sure if there are differences in how multithreading works on Macs and iPhones. Does anyone have a good link to tutorials with example code? Thanks. ...

how to program c8051f320 mcu?

is there any sites in the web that has a beginner's tutorial on c8051f320 mcu programming? ...

recommend a good temp table tutorial in SQL Server

Hello everyone, I searched but cannot find a good temp table usage tutorial for a newbie in SQL Server 2005/2008. I want to learn pros and cons of temp table compared with normal table, its life time and how temp table is shared (in the same session, cross sessions)? thanks in advance, George ...

Is there a working sample for the Android 1.5 VideoView/MediaPlayer class?

Hi folks, I'm new to Android dev. There's a very pretty state diagram of the MediaPlayer, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to actually use this class to play a video. There's a view samples around the 'net, but they seem to be for previous versions of the SDK. I've also checked the official samples, but with no luck. ...

Meta Programming System Tutorials

I have recently downloaded Jetbrains' Meta Programming System and am impressed. However, I would like some materials/tutorials that help put it to practical use. Does anyone know where i might find such material? ...

Is there any good php5 OOP tutorial site?

Is there any good php5 OOP tutorial site? I Googled for a while ,and found that there are all of PHP4 OOP site everywhere. ...

NSBasic/Palm 4.4 Tutorial

Hello, Someone can please post a link or a attachment to a very good tutorial of NSBasic 4.4, because i've came from the Handheld Basic and then i've thinked to use an other IDE, then i've got this version from my friend that have the NSBasic, but my friend develop in Handheld Basic. Sorry About My English. ...

Mono C# tutorial?

Is there any good tutorial to learn C# with mono? So far, google hasn't been helpful because most tutorial are for Visual Studio. I am a Java developer, so I am familiar with Object Oriented ideas. My goal, is to be able to develop a small portable application with a SQLite backend. Thanks ...

How do I get started on my first web application?

I have this idea for a small-medium web application that I would like to build, probably with a combination of Velocity and Spring MVC. My problem is that I have never dealt with issues such as user registration, or with design issues such as CSS, layout, etc. I'm pretty confident I can build the application/domain layer of this applica...

eVB Good Tutorial

Hello, I have an Jornada 720 and i've just started to see some tutorials about the eVB(Embedded Visual Basic) in Pocket PC Developer Network: http://www.pocketpcdn.com/sections/evb.html and in the DevBuzz: www.devbuzz.com/Default.aspx , but i want a good tutorial that talks about all, because i didn't found something like this, and some...

Advanced Web Development Tutorials

While I can find the answer to almost any specific question I have concerning PHP + MySQL development, one resource I haven't been able to find is good solutions to advanced problems. I want to implement a minor messageboard type system that can be queried by AJAX, but it I have too many specifications for it to be filled by a prebuilt ...

Please recommend a good Slime tutorial or screencast.

My adventures in Java have lead me to look into Clojure, which then lead me to (re)discover Emacs and that lead me to SLIME. I have a fairly decent handle on Emacs itself, and I have the emacs-starter-kit as well as clojure-mode/slime/swank as well as a few other unrelated modes and tweaks setup and running. But setting up a program an...

How to quickly get started with Visual C++?

I have just a few days to see if I can figure out how integrate with a third-party C++ API. While I've coded C++ once before, it was on linux using vim. This third-party API is windows-specific, and the minimal documentation available assumes the use of Visual C++. I installed Visual Studio 2005 and created a new project, but I'm gett...